A Loss of Will

Katherine Lopez critiques George Will.

Here is a disturbing fact to ponder: If George Will were commander in chief, we would, under his leadership, have begun and lost two wars of enormous consequence. The damage to America — militarily, geopolitically, and morally — would be staggering. The boon to militant Islam — militarily, geopolitically, and in terms of morale — would be incalculable.

Who is saying anything about declaring defeat in Afghanistan? Who is saying bring home all the troops and letting the whole country fall to the Islamic Fundamentalist hordes. No one! My critique of the surge is not a critique of the Afghan war. It is a critique of the surge tactic. I'm not convinced we aren't winning a war of attrition in Afghanistan. I doubly not convinced that a surge will work in Afghanistan the same way it did in Iraq. I'm listening to the arguments about the surge in troops, I'm just not hearing anything that makes sense.